Every once in a while there’s an opportunity to see a legend. Kenneth Davids is that opportunity at CoffeeCon LA on November 8. I remember when I first got introduced to fine coffee. My friend Bob Heniken introduced me to using fresh-ground beans, following a...
CoffeeCon costs a lot of money. My fantasy of being able to drink the world’s great coffees made in various brewing methods under one roof requires a lot of coordination and cooperation. I am not a wealthy man and I must share these expenses among the coffee roasters...
As I write this we are both in our hotel room. Pat is tweeting. I have been sitting here, wondering. It is a little terrifying. This is our first out of town CoffeeCon. The Bay Area has all the right ingredients for success: a robust economy, a big coffee-drinking...
I realize I’ve lived a cherished life. I have met many of the great minds of coffee. I met Alfred Peet, who’d read my articles and thought I was a roaster. He shared his roast philosophy one evening with me and we talked last into the night. Erna Knutsen, who coined...
My friend and I pictured here were playing a little April Fools joke, but really I enjoy a lot of coffee-milk drinks. And, the importance of milk to the coffee industry is no joke. Other than chocolate I can think of no other milk and… combination that plays...
